Incanters in Society

Anders · 05-06-2017, 06:31 AM

An interesting variant would be waiving the Unusual Background and disallow Incantations - that would be a very un-DF way to do things, but it might work for some campaigns.

Christopher R. Rice · 05-06-2017, 06:57 AM

I wish I had some more to add - but all of these ideas are pretty neat. :-)

mhd · 05-06-2017, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

An interesting variant would be waiving the Unusual Background and disallow Incantations - that would be a very un-DF way to do things, but it might work for some campaigns.

That makes me picture families who base their whole livelihood on one craft-enhancing or -defining Grimoire-ish recipe they have. Using skills barely above their defaults, but with the recipe bonus and added time, it still works enough to practice their craft.

If you've got a better or more useful family secret, "pre-industrial" espionage might be a big part of the campaign.

Of course that's assuming a rather commercial interpretation of things, it might also be part of a more utopian, Xanth-ish society.

05-06-2017, 06:31 AM	#1
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05-06-2017, 06:57 AM	#2
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